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Metastatic Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma Deposit Arising Within a Cutaneous Basal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report

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Skin metastases are rare complications of internal malignancies, and most commonly arise from primary lung carcinoma (Brownstein and Helwig in Arch Dermatol 105:82–68, 1972). Metastatic cutaneous lesions have not previously been documented to arise within other skin tumours. We report our experience of a solitary pulmonary adenocarcinoma metastasis that arose within a pre-existing basal cell carcinoma in a patient with undiagnosed lung cancer. Immunohistochemistry was invaluable in confirming both the metastatic nature of the secondary skin lesion and its site of origin.

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  1. Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, Wales, UK

    Elinor Carey

  2. ABM University NHS Trust, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, Wales, UK

    Simon D. Jones, Paul Griffiths & Prue Baxter

  3. 2 Vicarage Mews, Conway Road, Pontcanna, Cardiff, CF11 9PD, UK

    Elinor Carey

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Carey, E., Jones, S.D., Griffiths, P. et al. Metastatic Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma Deposit Arising Within a Cutaneous Basal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report. Head and Neck Pathol 5, 410–412 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12105-011-0263-1

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